Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-07
but now what is it? The Chicago of the
south.
AT FORT WORTH.


Colorado Clipper: The editor of this
home friend and fireside companion spent
most of last week in Fort Worth, attend
ing the press convention and guest of
the enterprising and hospitable citizens
of that thriving and growing city. To
say that the people of the city treated US
royalty would be drawing it too mildly
the whole city and the fullness thereof
was ours for the time being-snd so gen.
erous were they that Colonel Paddock
said in his welcoming address that If we
saw anything lying around loose which q
member wanted why just to take it.
Tuesday afternoon carriages were pro-
vided, and under charge of large and
courteous committe we proceeded to do
the town and witness it's industries and
improvements.
The first place visited was Joseph II.
Browns mammoth grocery house. This
handsome stone building, with carved
cornices, plate glass windows and tiled
floor, looks almost too fine for the grocery
business, but the admirable order in
which the huge stock is kept does away
with this impression as soon as you enter
the door. The whole of the four floors
are laden with goods of all kinds, seem
lngly enough to feed the whole state tor q
time. We learn from one of the en-
ployes that in point of size the building
is only exceeded by one grocery house in
the United States. In another large
building adjoining, the famous Silver
Loaf Baking Powder is manufactured,
candy and chewing gum made in quanti-
ties, and coffee roasted in an oven that
turns out q matter of five bushels of
coffee every forty minutes. The whole
establishment is on g magnificent scale,
and + ort Worth has cause to be proud of
Joseph II. Brown.
From the store we were driven to the
refrigerating works and ice factory of
Mr.. l. Danlman. These works have q
capacity of thlrty-tWo tons of ice per
day, and when refrigerating can dispose
of 1000 steers per day. The whole build
ing is well built and admirably arranged,
and it seems great pity that enough
capital cannot be engaged to run the re-
frigerator the year round.
After visiting the ice works, we pro-
ceeded to drive Unfortunately around
town, meeting on every hand evidences
of growth, prosperity IN numbers of
handsome residences and commodious
business houses in course of construC
ton. Fort Worth certainly shows sub
stantial signs of improvement in every
direction, and if her present growth con-
tinues for few years, her people will re
alize their hope of seeing her the largest
city in Texas.
Wednesday afternoon, on the invita-
tion of B. B. Paddock, President of the
Fort Worth and Rio Gr0nde Railroad, the
pilgrim band took q special train for an
inspection of this road, inaugurated by
Fort Worth man and built by Fort Worth
capital. The road is now built 10 within
four miles of GranburY, and as soon as
the iron bridge over the BraZos can be
put in trains will be running to that
town. The road trayerses beautiful
and productive country, and will IN
dOubtedly prove profitable feeder to
the commerce of the Fort. Although q
new line, the roadbed is smooth and
solid, and the trains run thirty miles an
hour with ease.
Returning to town late in the evening,
another business session was held, and
we then adjourned to the pavilion on the
edge of town, where hop had been ar
ranged for the younger and more frisky
editors. Here, too, the entertainment
committee showed themselves princes of
entertainers, and not q guest was allowed
to be wall flower for moment before a
gentleman had him in charge and he was
borne away to do the agreeable to some
fair lady, or to comfort the inner man at
the refreshment tables. Suffice
IL to say that never was hospitality more
unbounded, nor never have we seen peo
pie as intent upon having their guests
enjoy themselves than in the good city of
Fort Worth, and the Clipper man is a
most grateful recipient of these co urte-
sizes